(26 Dec 2023)
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Al-Aqsa Hospital, Deir Al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip - 25 December 2023
1. STILL - Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip
HEADLINE: Death toll from Maghazi strike rises to over 100
2. Men carrying bodies wrapped in white cloths and placed near other covered bodies lying on the ground
3. Woman grieving over body
ANNOTATION: The death toll from the Israeli airstrike at the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza over the weekend has risen to more than 100 people.
4. Man crying as he holds the body of child
5. Various of men grieving over body
6. Man seated next to bodies
ANNOTATION: Officials initially said 68 people had died, but more than three dozen additional bodies were retrieved a day later by first responders.
7. Wide of women crying in front of bodies
8. Boy crying in front of body
ANNOTATION: The bodies were taken to the Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah. Hospital records seen by The Associated Press listed 106 deaths.
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Maghazi Refugee Camp, Central Gaza Strip - 25 December 2023
9. Various of destroyed building after Israeli airstrike, people searching for survivors amid rubble
ANNOTATION: The airstrike in Maghazi is among the deadliest in Israel’s air campaign in Gaza, launched in response to a cross-border attack by Hamas militants.
ANNOTATION: The Israeli military says the incident is under review.
ANNOTATION: The Israel-Hamas war has devastated parts of Gaza, killed roughly 20,400 Palestinians and displaced almost all of the territory’s 2.3 million people.
10. Top shot of destruction
STORYLINE:
Palestinians scoured rubble from Israeli bombardment and mourned their dead on Monday, following a weekend that’s marked some of the war’s deadliest airstrikes.
Palestinian medical officials say the death toll from the Israeli airstrike in central Gaza has risen to 106.
The announcement makes the Sunday night airstrike in the Maghazi refugee camp among the deadliest in Israel’s air campaign in Gaza, launched on October 7 in response to a deadly cross-border attack by Hamas militants.
Hospital officials initially said 68 people had died.
But on Monday, first responders retrieved more than three dozen additional bodies that were taken to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah. Hospital records seen by The Associated Press listed 106 deaths.
The Israeli military says the incident is under review.
The Israel-Hamas war has devastated parts of Gaza, killed roughly 20,400 Palestinians and displaced almost all of the territory’s 2.3 million people.
It was triggered by the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, in which 1,200 people were killed and roughly 240 taken hostages.
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